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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you right-click on a connector in a diagram, the connector context menu opens. This provides quick access to some important functions. The menu is split into up to seven distinct sections:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Add-Ins </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">- displays in the first section only if you have Add-Ins installed and registered, such as Eclipse</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="propertiesmenusection2.htm">Properties</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">UML Help</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - Displays the Enterprise Architect Help topic for this connector type</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Delete</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - delete the connector with this option.</span></li>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Not all menu options are present on all connector context menus. Context menus vary slightly between connector types. The type-specific menu options are not always included, for example.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="280" style="width:280px;"><p class="p_Tabletext" style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 2px;"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Example Context Menu for a Generalization:</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="connectioncontextmenu.png" width="207" height="284" border="0" alt="ConnectionContextMenu"></p>
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<td valign="top" width="260" style="width:260px;"><p class="p_Tabletext" style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 2px;"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Example Context Menu for an Association:</span><br>
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<img src="connectioncontextmenu2.png" width="209" height="314" border="0" alt="ConnectionContextMenu2"></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Connector Role Context Menu</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">For connectors with </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Roles</span><span class="f_BodyText">, right-clicking a connector within up to 60 pixels of an end point raises a role-specific context menu.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Role</span><span class="f_BodyText"> context menu has three additional menu options:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Source/Target Role... </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> menu option that opens the connector specification dialog with the respective <a href="sourcerole.htm">role page</a> selected.</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Multiplicity</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> submenu that enables the multiplicity for the role to be set.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Link to Element Feature</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> menu option that displays a dialog through which you can attach the end of the connector to a <a href="connect_to_element_feature.htm">specific attribute or operation</a>.</span></li>
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